Every year, amateur radio operators all over the world celebrate 18 April asa holiday. This day, also known as the World Amateur Radio Day, marks theanniversary of International Amateur Radio Union formation on 18 April 1925.

A commemorative award - WARD Award - is issued every year by the PolishRadio Amateurs' Journal QTC and PZK in recognition of this event.

Rules:

1. The award is available for any 20 QSOs/HRDs on HF or any 10 QSOs/HRDs onVHF+2. Only QSOs/HRDs made on 18 April are valid for this award.3. Contacts with any licensed Amateur Radio operators all over the world arevalid for this award.4. Log extract and ?5 or $7 (USD) is required to obtain the award.5. The award applications should be sent to qtc@post.pl6. The award is available in two formats:A - A beautiful paper award that contains the individual award holder callsign with the original seals and signatures. Those who wish to receive thepaper version of the award should submit a fee of 5? or $7 (USD) to thisaddress: Redakcja QTC, Suchacz-Zamek, 82-340 Tolkmicko, Poland. The awardhas a multi-colour finish, formatted to A4 paper size. The funds may also besent via PayPal to the following email address: qtc@post.pl

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B - an electronic award that contains all 2010 award holder call signs. Theelectronic award format is free of charge.7. A new award is available every year (each of them has a new layout).8. For additional information contact qtc@post.pl

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